Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Photo#664202
Barklouse - Trichadenotecnum

Barklouse - Trichadenotecnum
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 26, 2012

Images of this individual: tag all
Barklouse - Trichadenotecnum Barklouse - Trichadenotecnum

Trichadenotecnum sp. --det. E.L. Mockford
"the very thin antennae and distal pattern of radial spots on the forewing are diagnostic."

Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.

Beautiful specimen!
Looks like Loensia, possibly Loenia fasciata. Can't tell without a closer look.